Comic Title: Batman #42
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Aug/Sep 1947
Approx. On Sale Date: June 13, 1947 Copyright Date June 11, 1947
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1946-1947
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Robot Robbers"
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-2)

Writer: Bill Finger
Artist: Charles Paris

Reprinted In:
3-D Batman #1 (1953)
3-D Batman #1 (1966)
Batman 3-D SC (1990)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 5 HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #42; next appearance in All-Star Comics #36)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #42; next appearance in Detective Comics #126)

Villain(s)

• Dr. Hercules (no further appearances)
• Jawbone Bannon (no further appearances)
• George "Four-Eyes" Foley (dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Whitey Drebs (escaped convicts; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Scientist Dr. Hercules breaks three prisoners out of jail. Her puts the convicts to work controlling robots that he has designed for crime. Batman encounters the first robot and fails to stop it. However, he deduces that the escaped cons are at the controls. He manages to destroy the second robot. When the third robot attacks, Batman sets a trap that causes it to be destroyed and it's crooked controllers to be immobilized.